Anambra: Prominient cleric Odumeje seeks full sponsorship for qualified indigent pilgrims
Pastor Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere, known as Odumeje, has urged the Anambra State government to provide full pilgrimage sponsorship for indigent citizens. He argued that such government support fosters positive citizenship and aligns with the state's spiritual and moral development goals.
Why it matters
This highlights the intersection of religious influence and state welfare policy in Nigeria, reflecting how local leaders advocate for government-funded social initiatives.
The General Overseer of Mountain of Holy Ghost Intervention and Deliverance Ministry, Onitsha, Pastor Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere, has called on the Anambra government to give full pilgrimage sponsorship to qualified Citizens.
Odumeje as he is fondly called made the appeal when members of the Anambra state Pilgrims Office paid him an advocacy visit in his Church on Thursday.
He said such gestures would encourage people to contribute more positively to the society and endeavour to become better citizens because they would like to. reward the society for taking care of them.
He commended Governor Chukwuma Soludo for his transformational policies in the state, reviving the Pilgrims Office and expressed confidence that he would consider the plea he made on behalf of the masses, adding that it was part of evangelism.
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